# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 424
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8479 "2021-01-07T23:53:25Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > 1 Pence says “I reject these electoral votes” > 2 ??? > 3 Get second term! 1 Pence says “I reject these electoral votes” 2 Republican Senators declare Trump winner 3 Storm Congress 4.Trump (who claimed he was going to be there) walks to the podium and orders the arrest of the Democrats he blames for stealing the election 5.Protesters with zip ties take the Democratic leadership outside for a show trial 6. Trump decrees that there will be all new elections for any seats occupied by Democrats 7. Only Republicans can run 8. Trump begins his second term 9. All Republican Congress removes all term limits on President and congress so they never have to run again. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8480 "2021-01-07T23:55:08Z")
1 Pence says “I reject these electoral votes” 2 Republican Senators declare Trump winner 3 Storm Congress 4.Trump (who claimed he was going to be there) walks to the podium and orders the arrest of the Democrats he blames for stealing the election 5.Protesters with zip ties take the Democratic leadership outside for a show trial 6. Trump decrees that there will be all new elections for any seats occupied by Democrats 7. Only Republicans can run 8. Trump begins his second term 9. All Republican Congress removes all term limits on President and congress so they never have to run again. Forgot to add: 10. Profit! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8481 "2021-01-08T00:04:23Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > May McConnell rue the day his SCOTUS appointment was scuttled. Ever since I heard Garland is the pick for AG, I’ve had this delicious little fantasy where he investigates the circumstances surrounding McConnell’s arrangement with Oleg Deripaska to build his aluminum plant in Kentucky for 200 million, finds serious campaign finance violations and sending Mitch on his way to Club Fed for a few well-deserved years. I know, I know. Leave me alone. It’s my fantasy! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8482 "2021-01-08T00:08:25Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > Forgot to add: > 10. Profit! - Trump? Never! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8483 "2021-01-08T01:19:26Z")
Yeah…that’s pretty hare-brained, all right. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8484 "2021-01-08T01:30:07Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Do we have confirmation that Donald is speaking tonight at 9? I expect another lengthy Airing Of The Grievances and some pardons that will piss off the right people but it’s beginning to appear that the mutterings of invoking the 25th have scared him a little. Is this going to happen? I need to check on my popcorn supply and make sure that the Bullshitometer is calibrated. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8485 "2021-01-08T01:33:29Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole1](#): > > Is this going to happen? I need to check on my popcorn supply and make sure that the Bullshitometer is calibrated He released a video already. Condemned violence, said they would pay. Confirmed a new administration is coming in. He kind of sounded like he will stop legal options at this point. Said he would work to transition to Biden. Whatever. I think he will make it the final 12 or so days and get out of this thing without being removed. However, I do think it is possible article of impeachment will pass again. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8486 "2021-01-08T01:40:17Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > I don’t know what ace in the hole they thought they had if they could just delay the certification for a day or so, but that seems to both Team Tramp’s plan and the only conceivable “victory” that could be accomplished by the mob. They probably thought that if the certification wasn’t done on the specific day mandated by the Constitution the results were “illegal”. Never mind that they caused the interruption on the specified day. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8487 "2021-01-08T01:43:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He released a video already. Condemned violence, said they would pay. Confirmed a new administration is coming in. He kind of sounded like he will stop legal options at this point. Said he would work to transition to Biden. Oh, the hostage video! I did see that. He’s still nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8488 "2021-01-08T01:59:02Z")
Yeah, really. It obvious they couldn’t even trust him to speak live. This will be like every other half-assed apology he’s ever made. I think they’ll be able to keep him quiet over the weekend (largely because of the Twitter / Facebook ban). But I predict he gets his hands on a phone and calls into Fox and Friends on Monday, preaching that Joe Biden must not be allowed to steal the election and calling for further action, leading to his removal. Maybe Tuesday or Wednesday. But he won’t make it 13 days, no way. Or not. The wild card is that removing him will only rev up his cult, one of his rallying cries is “They’re not coming for me, they’re coming for you and I’m in the way. They are probably furious that he was forced to make the hostage video. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8489 "2021-01-08T02:12:42Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > But I predict he gets his hands on a phone and calls into Fox and Friends on Monday, preaching that Joe Biden must not be allowed to steal the election and calling for further action, leading to his removal. Maybe Tuesday or Wednesday. But he won’t make it 13 days, no way. His idiocy is making me slightly nervous for Inauguration Day. I know that there are all kinds of safeguards in place, but it really wouldn’t be a surprise if Trump’s crackpot followers actually try something. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8490 "2021-01-08T02:30:51Z")
Betsy Devos just resigned. LOL. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8491 "2021-01-08T02:42:30Z")
Maybe everyone will resign and Trump will spend his final 12 days looking for the hamberder machine. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8492 "2021-01-08T02:45:25Z")
Here’s his speech. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZG4rBlac-UE/hqdefault.jpg "Pres. Trump concedes election, condemns Capitol violence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG4rBlac-UE) "I immediately deployed the National Guard and Federal Law Enforcement … " The man literally can’t make a 3 minute speech without lying. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8493 "2021-01-08T02:50:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Betsy Devos just resigned. LOL. I think that brings the number of confirmed cabinet secretaries down to 10, at least as of Monday when Elaine Chao’s takes effect. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8494 "2021-01-08T02:54:56Z")
I have been watching all the news, reading all of the threads and yet everybody is ignoring the most important desecration of Congress. They breached the candy desk! [https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1346915215234002944](https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1346915215234002944) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8495 "2021-01-08T02:55:14Z")
If he loses too many more, it will just take Pence to invoke Article 25 all by himself. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8496 "2021-01-08T02:58:18Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > If he loses too many more, it will just take Pence to invoke Article 25 all by himself. - Unless Mother agrees, we’re doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8497 "2021-01-08T03:06:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > …However, I do think it is possible article of impeachment will pass again. It seems I read something somewhere, maybe in one for the many threads here, that a person who has been impeached can’t be pardoned. Not sure if that means during the process or on conviction. So yeah, this makes me think passing an article of impeachment or two as quickly as possible is a very good move. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8498 "2021-01-08T03:07:10Z")
Somewhere just off camera, Joe Biden was holding a gun to one of those cartoon money sacks with the **$** on it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=423) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=425)